AFRICA: Roots of Jamaican Culture.
by Alleyne, Mervyn (1933-2016)
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- first
- Condition
- Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
- ISBN 10
- 0948390085
- ISBN 13
- 9780948390081
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About This Item
Chicago:: Research Associates / School Times Publications, , (1996). First edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. First edition, a trade paperback original. The author examines the language, religion, music and social organization of the Jamaican people to reveal the strong cultural continuities with Africa and the origins of new cultural forms and political movements, such as Garveyism and Rastafarianism. Alleyne was was a sociolinguist, creolist and dialectologist whose work focused on the creole languages of the Caribbean, so among other things this book explores the correlations between the linguistic picture and other aspects of culture, such as religion. Maps, charts, notes, bibliography, index. 186 pp.
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- Title
- AFRICA: Roots of Jamaican Culture.
- Author
- Alleyne, Mervyn (1933-2016)
- Format/Binding
- First edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0948390085
- ISBN 13
- 9780948390081
- Publisher
- Research Associates / School Times Publications,
- Place of Publication
- Chicago:
- Date Published
- (1996)
- Keywords
- creole, oral history,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Caribbean literature and history;
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